Cooler



E. RASHETA COOLER Filed Fen. 10. 192s f attorney Patented Hee. 8, 19.35.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COOLER.

Application filed February 10, 1923. Serial No. 618,293.

.To all wlw-m t may concern.'

Be it known that l', ELI RASHETA, a citizen of Yugoslavia, residing at West Allis, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lViscousin., have invented certain new and useful 'improvements in Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cert-ain new and useful improvements in coolers, and has particular reference to that type of cooler employed for chilling' water and beverages, the cooler being constructed for association with a main container and having therein an ice compartment completely surrounding the chamber that receives a relatively small quantity of the liquid from the main supply.

The primary object of the invention is to construct a cooler having non-communicating chambers therein to permit cooling of different beverages in the single cooler.v

Another object of the invention is to provide a cooler of arcuate formation adapted for direct connection with a barrel or keg containing a beverage with means for retaining the cooler in position with respect to the keg.

"With the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a cooler constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same having associated therewith three separate beverage containing receptacles with three separate outlet portions for the cooler associated with each. receptacle.

Figure 2 is a top plan view with one of the beverage receptacles removed from its supporting funnel and further showing the arcuate formation of the cooler,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 showing the beverage chamber in the cooler and the connection between the chamber and the beverage receptacle,

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line :H7-IV of Fig. 1 showing the separate beverage chambers in the cooler.

Figure .5 is a .detail sectional view of one of the funnel supports for a beverage receptacle detached from the cooler,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view showing a cooler associated with a barrel or keg, and

Figure 7 is a horiL-ontal sectional view of the cooler shown in Fig. 6 illustrating the tortuous passage in the cooling chamber.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is illustrated a cooler particularly designed for simultaneously chilling different beverages, the coolerl being of arcuate formation in top plan view and embodying an inner wall 1, an outer wall 2, end walls 3 and a top and a bottom wall 4 and 5 respectively, the cooler being supported by feet 6 as illustrated. vThe top wall 4 of the cooler has a filling spout 7 to facilitate the placing of ice within the cooler, the spout being closed by a. cover 8 while a drain plug 9 is carried by the bottom wall 5 of the cooler.

A series of relatively short arcuate beverage containing chambers 10 are positioned in the cooler and spaced from the walls thereof as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the laterally positioned chambers 10 being supported within the cooler by a filling pipe section 11 passing through the adjacent end wall 3, and a draw-off faucet 12 passing through the outer wall 2. The centrally positioned beverage chamber embodies a filling pipe section 13 passing through the rear wall 1 of the cooler and a draw-ofi faucet 1li passing through the outer wall 2. The chambers 10 are illustrated as being provided with air vent pipes 20 which will permit their being entirely filled with beverages from the receptacles 18.

A bottle or receptacle support is associated with pipes 11 and 13, the support being shown more clearly in Fig. 5, the main body portion thereof being in the form of a funnel 15 carrying a laterally extending pipe 16 at the lower end thereof that is attached to the sections 11 and 13, the funnel member being supported upon the feet 17 as illustrated. The beverage receptacles 18 are inverted with the neck thereof positioned in the funnel 15 as is customary with an ordinary cooler for water bottles and beverage therefrom is delivered through the pipe section 16 and pipe sections 11 or 13 to the respective cooling chamber 10, the level of the beverage in the Cooling chamber being coinifi() Limi cident to the level in the beverage receptacle. lt will therefore be seen that the separate non-communicating cooling chambers in the cooler contain different beverages that are independently chilled, and being capable of separate drawing through the faucets 12 and 14:. The ice compartment in the cooler is so designed that ice contained therein will completely surround each cooling chamber 10 thereby insuring a perfect chilling of the beverage in the separate chambers. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the opposite ends of the inner wall 1 of the cooler carry hook members 19 to facilitate the anchoring of the cooler upon a barrel or keg when such type of main beverage receptacle is employed in lieu of thecentral receptacle 18.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the cooler is of arcuate formation as described in connection with Figs. 1 to 5, the cooler containing a single relatively large beverage chamber 10, provided with partitions 10b, alternate partitions having openings 10c at opposite ends, and having a receiving pipe 13a entering` the same through the inner' wall 1 of the cooler, while a single draw-off faucet 111a communicating with the beverage chamber extends through the outer wall' 2. The pipe section 13a enters the bung hole of the barrel or keg 18a., and the hooks 19Ill carried by the cooler are secured to the keg 18L for maintaining proper relative position between the cooler and keg. The beverage is caused to travel through a tortuous path in the chamber 10CL for insuring the retaining of the beverage therein a sufficient period of time to become thoroughly chilled.

From the above detail description of the device, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, it being noted that in connection with the showing of Figs. 1 to 5, different beverages may be delivered to the separate beverage chambers 10 that are surrounded by a cooling medium, such as ice, as shown in Fig. 3, to be independently drawn from the beverage chambers by the draw-off faucets 12 and 14 as clearly shown in Fig. 4t. The pet cock 9 is provided for draining the cooler while the funnel supports for the beverage receptacles 18 may be detached from the cooler when the device is disassembled.

lVhile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Vhat is claimed as new is 1. A cooler for the purpose described including a chamber having concentric arcuate walls whereby the chamber is adapted to fit around a water bottle or the like, a series of independent fluid receiving chambers held in the first chamber and spaced throughout therefrom, said chambers being likewise spaced from each other whereby each fiuid receiving chamber may be entirely surrounded by ice, faucets each leading from a respective fluid receiving chamber and extending through the convex side of the first chamber, and inlet pipes each extending through a remaining wall of the first chamber and communicating with a respective fluid chamber'.

2. A cooler for the purpose described including a chamber having concentric arcuate walls whereby the chamber is ladapted to fit around awater bottle or the like, a series of independent fluid receiving chambers held in the first chamber and spaced throughout therefrom, said chambers being likewise spaced from each other whereby each fluid receiving chamber may be entirely surrounded by ice, faucets each leading from a respective fluid receiving chamber and extending through the convex side of the first chamber, inlet pipes each extending through a remaining .wall of the first chamber and communicating with a respective fluid chamber, and bottle neck receiving funnels connected to the inlet pipes.

.In testimony'whereof I affix my signature.

ELl RASHETA. 

